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Featured Album
Strychnine.213 (Bonus Track Edition) (2023)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Metalcore act from Plovdiv, Bulgaria, formed in 2023, bringing fresh energy to the country's modern metal scene. Their sound channels the rhythmic intensity and melodic dynamics of contemporary metalcore from Bulgaria's second-largest city.
Thrash metal act from Hamburg, Germany, delivering explosive, high-speed aggression since 2013. Their violently evocative name captures the destructive energy of their no-holds-barred thrash approach.
Progressive and groove metal project from Belgium, formed in 2020, blending intricate progressive structures with the rhythmic punch of groove metal. Their sound balances cerebral complexity with physical, riff-driven heaviness.
Heavy metal band from Limavady, Northern Ireland formed in 2023. They bring classic heavy metal from County Londonderry.
Death metal band from Kangasniemi, Finland active since 2007. They deliver raw death metal from rural eastern Finland.
When Exitiale emerged in 2025 from Kungur, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal and heavy metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Black/doom metal project from Leipzig, Germany, merging the atmospheric bleakness of black metal with doom's crushing weight since 2020. Their Latin name, meaning "destruction of oneself," reflects the self-destructive, nihilistic core of their sound.
Death metal act from Birkenfeld in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, delivering visceral extremity since 2010. Their name evokes the aftermath of violence, capturing the raw, graphic intensity of their death metal.
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this death metal and progressive metal act from Utrecht traffics in technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Since 2013, they've built a catalog that reflects Holland's dense concentration of metal talent.
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